Boyata, the Daily Record reports, has won one cap for the Belgian national side and was delighted to sign on with the Premiership champions. He told Celtic TV: “It feels really good. Celtic are a very big club and it feels good to be a part of it.

“The manager came to see me in Manchester and I spoke to him about having me here and all the ideas he had for me playing for the team.

“So I was very pleased with his plans and from that point I thought that moving to Celtic would be a good idea and we tried to do everything right for me to move here.”